Ford v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “solicitation must be accompanied by an overt act, i.e., ‘a direct movement toward the commission [of the intended crime] after all the preparations are made.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• McNabb v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2003-04-25· cited 84×
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2003-05-30· cited 83×
• John Doe and Jane Doe v. Brady Smith, Dianne Shepard, Kathryn Fletcher
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-11-28· cited 41×
• Edwards v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1995-07-28· cited 18×
• Howard v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1996-09-27· cited 18×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2012-06-29· cited 18×
• Glover v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1994-09-09· cited 17×
• Hinkle v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2010-05-28· cited 13×
• Anderson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2001-04-27· cited 12×
• Grady v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2001-09-28· cited 12×
• Pless v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2001-04-27· cited 10×
• Fleming v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2001-09-28· cited 9×
• A.T.M. v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2000-06-30· cited 9×
• Marks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-12-01· cited 8×
• Scott v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1999-03-26· cited 8×
• Eiland v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1995-05-05· cited 5×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2001-09-28· cited 4×
• King v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1997-01-17· cited 3×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2005-03-18· cited 3×
• Rice v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1996-08-23· cited 2×

Cites

35 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Albrecht v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1927-01-03· cited 435×
• Ross v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1988-06-28· cited 91×
• Ex Parte Jordan
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1986-03-07· cited 91×
• State v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1989-09-22· cited 84×
• State v. Wilson
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1862-02-15· cited 67×
• City of Dothan v. Holloway
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1986-07-25· cited 64×
• Barbee v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1982-07-27· cited 60×
• Ex Parte Harper
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1991-09-27· cited 57×
• Gervin v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1963-10-11· cited 54×
• Groneau v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1967-07-31· cited 49×
• State v. Mazzadra
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1954-12-14· cited 48×
• United States v. Daniel MacKlin
  Second Circuit· 1975-09-04· cited 43×
• State Ex Rel. Baxley v. Strawbridge
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1974-04-30· cited 41×
• Dingler v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1981-09-18· cited 34×
• Kennedy v. State
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1958-12-02· cited 33×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1990-05-25· cited 31×
• Sherrod v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1916-06-30· cited 27×
• Sherrod v. State
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1916-03-04· cited 26×
• Ingram v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1990-08-03· cited 25×
• James v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1989-04-14· cited 25×